Few experiences are more terrifying than a devastating earthquake. One moment, everything is fine. In the next, the world is literally shaking apart. For years, “the big one” has been fabled to hit the Los Angeles area. Despite people taking greater precautions as a whole, some buildings don’t have all of the safeguards they could….

Many properties in Los Angeles have to comply with a recent piece of legislation from the city which requires that certain buildings be strengthened against the threat of earthquakes. This is as a result of some problems with the durability of some buildings constructed before 1978, which has caused structural failure and raised the threat…

In Southern California and Los Angeles, the post-war fashion for soft-story builds is becoming a concern for many city counselors. This type of construction looks great but may pose a risk to people living with seismic activity, to the extent that LA passed a city code requiring that these soft-story properties be remodeled to make…